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William Lightfoot
(1745-1790)
Sarah S. Stewart
(1745-Abt 1792)
Adam Gaedel Schmidt
(Abt 1743-After 1810)
Catherina Salome Dubs
(1752-Abt 1805)
Daniel Lightfoot
(1768-After 1840)
Caterina Salome Schmidt
(Abt 1779-Between 1830/1834)
Elizabeth Lightfoot
(Abt 1805-1835)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Thomas Methven

Elizabeth Lightfoot 2 3

  • Born: Abt 1805, Pennsylvania 3
  • Marriage (1): Thomas Methven in 1825 in Dillsburg, PA 1 2
  • Died: 26 November 1835, Franklin Township, Wayne, OH about age 30 3
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bullet  Death Notes:


Elizabeth died less than one month following the birth of her daughter, Elizabeth M. Methven, who was born on 28 Oct 1835.
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Elizabeth married Thomas Methven, son of Rev. James Methven and Catharine McPhee, in 1825 in Dillsburg, PA.2 3 (Thomas Methven was born in 1795 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland 2 and died in 1874 in Millbrook, OH 2.)

bullet  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1830 US Census in Wooster Township, Wayne County, OH on June 1830. 4

1830 US Census
Page 97, Roll 142
Wooster Township, Wayne, Ohio

2 Males under 5..(probably James; Daniel)
1 Males 30-40..Thomas Methven..Head..(age 35)

1 Females under 5..(most likely either daughter Catherine or Hetty)
2 Females 20-30..(probably wife, Elizabeth Lightfoot; and one unknown)

6 Total in household

NOTE - The one unknown female, age 20-30 was probably one of Elizabeth's 3 slightly older sisters of which little is known about them.
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Sources

1 Keith A. Dull, Ashland, Ohio [(E-ADDRESS) FOR PRIVATE USE,] to Brian L. Lightfoot, e-mail; privately held by Lightfoot, [(E-ADDRESS) & MAILING ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE,] Ceres, CA; Extensive E-mail messages beginning in July 2001 regarding the entire line of Lightfoot families especially Perneleper Lightfoot and the Gantz family.

2 Don Methven and James Robinson, Methvens From Caledonia To America (Minneapolis, Minnesota: n.p., n.d.), page 14.

3 Keith A. Dull, Ashland, Ohio [(E-ADDRESS) FOR PRIVATE USE,] to Brian L. Lightfoot, e-mail; privately held by Lightfoot, [(E-ADDRESS) & MAILING ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE,] Ceres, CA.

4 1830 U.S. census, Wooster Township, Wayne County, Ohio, p. 97, Thomas Methven and Elizabeth Lightfoot; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 5 Mar 2019); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M19, roll 142.

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